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'''COLONEL BAIRD [1]'''. Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by "the late Mrs. Oswald of Auchicruive" (nee Mary Ramsay, who died in 1788). The melody honors Sir James Gardiner Baird, who, in 1781, married Henrietta Johnson of Hilton. He succeeded to the title of 6th Baronet Baird, of Saughton Hall in 1771, just before he joined the 17th Foot with the rank of Ensign in 1772. Baird rose in rank to Lieutenant just as the American War of Independence broke out, and quickly gained promotion to Captain with the 71st Foot. He finally became Lieutenant-Colonel in 1796 with the 28th Light Dragoons, and he commanded the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry regiment from its embodiment in 1797. | '''COLONEL BAIRD [1]'''. Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by "the late Mrs. Oswald of Auchicruive" (nee Mary Ramsay, who died in 1788). The melody honors Sir James Gardiner Baird, who, in 1781, married Henrietta Johnson of Hilton. He succeeded to the title of 6th Baronet Baird, of Saughton Hall in 1771, just before he joined the 17th Foot with the rank of Ensign in 1772. Baird rose in rank to Lieutenant just as the American War of Independence broke out, and quickly gained promotion to Captain with the 71st Foot. He finally became Lieutenant-Colonel in 1796 with the 28th Light Dragoons, and he commanded the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry regiment from its embodiment in 1797. | ||
[[File:baird.jpg| | [[File:baird.jpg|350px|thumb|left|Sir James Gardiner Baird (c. 1756-1830)]] | ||
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''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 326. Gow ('''Fourth Collection of Strathspey Dances'''), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 18. | <font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 326. Gow ('''Fourth Collection of Strathspey Dances'''), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 18. | ||
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COLONEL BAIRD [1]. Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by "the late Mrs. Oswald of Auchicruive" (nee Mary Ramsay, who died in 1788). The melody honors Sir James Gardiner Baird, who, in 1781, married Henrietta Johnson of Hilton. He succeeded to the title of 6th Baronet Baird, of Saughton Hall in 1771, just before he joined the 17th Foot with the rank of Ensign in 1772. Baird rose in rank to Lieutenant just as the American War of Independence broke out, and quickly gained promotion to Captain with the 71st Foot. He finally became Lieutenant-Colonel in 1796 with the 28th Light Dragoons, and he commanded the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry regiment from its embodiment in 1797.
